Improvement in medical compounds



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I Be it known that I, HIBAM CLOUD, of Evans ville, in the county of Vanderhnrg and State of In.-

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Lett n's Patent No. 1l)7,87l-, dated October 4,1870. V

lMPROVElVlENTIhl MEDICALVCOMPOUNDS.

The 'Seheduderefefled to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same diana, have in vented a newand useful. Improvement in 1 Medical, Compound and. I do hereby declare that the following; is a full,ielear, and exact description thereof, which will enahleothers skilled in the art to make andnse the same] This invention relates to'a new and useful improve- 'rnent in anompound'to be used as a medicine for the cure; of disease and as a tonic, and consists in acorn hination of the ingredients rhereinafter; mentioned,

substantially in the proportionsand manner-specified.

.In carrying out my invention anddiscoveryI make irseof thetbllowiug ingredients for makin'g one-hnndired gallons of my compoundpvizz' 7 Wild cherry bark, twelve pounds; wild potato, (wild f j alap,) tenponnds; blood-root, five pounds; mandrake,

two ponnd s;' golden seal,fiv'ef pounds; pyrophosphate I The above-mentioned "barks aud-roots are reduced to a uniform coarsepowder and thoroughly mixed,

(dry,) and then moistened with Cologne spirits at sixty tive degrees gravity and packed in a wooden percolator, n and then the same Golognespn'its are added until the per'colate amounts to 'niu'ety two gallons. The two pounds of pyrophosphate of iron dissolved in onegallon" of the per'oolate are added, after which the following ofollowinglflavoring tinctures are added, \viz: Simple sirup, (U. S, 1?.) six'. gallons; tincture of orange peel, one-half gallon; tincture of lemons, onehalf gallon tincture oalamusand cloves, one-half gal- 101i; tincture coriander, one-fourth gallon; sugar (101- 'oring, (caramel,) one-fourth gallon.' Total, one hundred gallons. I

The compound is now ready for final filtration,

(which may he acoomplishedmy any of the well-known modes) after which it is ready for bottling and use.

Thiscomp'ound is used as a tonic in cases of general debility, dyspepsia, and as a general invigorator of the system. i

Having thus described my invention, l j I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent" N Theabove-descrihed medical compound, substan tially as and for the purposes set forth. 1 1 HIRAM W. CLOUD. Witnesses: i l

ABRAHAM 1. Jason, OsoAR fl. BENNETT. 

